France’s Islamic deradicalisation programme is designed to stop young, embittered Muslims embarking on violent jihad in Iraq and Syria.
More French nationals have left to fight in Syria and Iraq than any other European country, however it was one of the last to embark on a deradicalisation programme.
But a recent report by the Senate has concluded that that programme is failing.
One of the Senators who wrote the report said that’s partly because it was too hastily put together after the Paris Bataclan attacks,
“In France, deradicalisation was implemented quickly after the attacks, amid a certain amount of panic and anxiety, because the French people wanted answers,” Senator Esther Benbassa said.
When the first deradicalisation centre opened last September in Pontourny in the Loire Valley it housed nine people between the ages of 18 and 30.
But today it’s empty after the nearby inhabitants fiercely opposed it and its staff deserted.
Controversially, one of its residents was also arrested for links with one of the attackers in the Bataclan killings. […]
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